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USDA: Number of Americans going hungry increases

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:01:00 +0000

More than one in seven American households struggled to put enough food on the table in 2008, the highest rate since the Agriculture Department began tracking food security levels in 1995. more...

Heroic Human Rights Lawyer Lynne Stewart is Jailed

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:00 +0000

Mathaba readers from around the world are asked to please write to Lynne Stewart at the prison address within this article more...

After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:11:00 +0000

Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America`s vast assemblage of large animals began their precipitous slide to extinction. more...

$1B Polysilicon Plant in Saudi Arabia

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:44:00 +0000

The First Energy Bank of Bahrain plans to build a polysilicon plant in Saudi Arabia to serve an increasing demand for solar energy generation in the Middle East. more...

WHO Expert Describes Cuban Health System as Model to the World

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:00 +0000

Lydia Al Khudri, Technical Officer of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the achievements of the Cuban healthcare system should become a role model to the other countries in the world. more...

Minister: GCC unified currency may not be pegged to dollar

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:41:00 +0000

Kuwaiti ministers say the planned united currency of several Gulf states will not necessarily be pegged to the US dollar, local media reported Wednesday. more...

Online retailers cater to luxury-starved buyers

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:27:00 +0000

These days, it`s the little things that are making a big difference for some online retailers. more...

Universal Single-Payer Healthcare Coverage: An Economic Stimulus Plan

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:01:00 +0000

Mathaba Analyst Stephen Lendman takes another look at US health and the need to reform the system by providing universal care... more...

Algeria celebrates World Cup entry after tense match

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:39:00 +0000

Sudan staged a security clampdown on Wednesday as Algerian fans celebrated victory in a tense match against Egypt which clinched Africa`s last place in the 2010 World Cup finals. more...

US Lawmakers Paid for Supporting Anti-Cuba Policy

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:00 +0000

Almost $11 million were paid to US lawmakers - Republicans and Democrats - to support Washington`s aggressive policy against Cuba in the US Congress. more...

Spain - Franco is back

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:36:00 +0000

With the recession deepening, Spain is returning to its fascist past of a police state as experienced by foreign travellers at Spanish airports. more...

Traditional hand-made glass craft survives history in Damascus

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:46:00 +0000

The atelier of Mahmoud al-Kazzaz is situated in an ancient area of Damascus where people can scent the past. more...

The Struggle for Net Neutrality

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:50:00 +0000

Mathaba Analyst Stephen Lendman takes an indepth look at some of the dangers facing Internet freedom more...

Cray Takes Back Supercomputer Crown

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 +0000

IBM`s Roadrunner system at the U.S. Department of Energy`s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is no longer the planet`s most powerful supercomputer. more...

Dr. Leonard Horowitz: ``Swine flu - biological sabotage against humanity``

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:17:00 +0000

The following is the translation of a report which has appeared in several Russian language media, in the wake of the recent outbreaks in Ukraine more...

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